LawFuel’s 2022 Lawyer of the Year is the battling ‘loophole lawyer’ who fought to get Charlotte Bellis into the country under the MIQ lottery system.
International law firm Withers has appointed 12 new partners from within its teams and across its international offices with effect from 1st July 2026. Ceri Vokes, newly appointed CEO of Withers, comments: ‘It’s a real pleasure, as one of my first duties as CEO, to congratulate our new cohort of partners. Many of them qualified with
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Article source: DebtStoppers Bankruptcy Law Firm For many employees, the first real sign of trouble is not a letter from a court or a phone call from a collector, but a paycheck that no longer matches the household plan. The rent has not changed, the car payment is still due, groceries cost what they cost,
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When Donald Trump turned Washington into a rolling policy experiment, most law firms braced for chaos, but a handful quietly built something else: – a brand new profit engine. Lobbying and government‑relations work, once treated as a sideline for politically connected partners, has become one of Big Law’s fastest‑growing business and a new career path for lawyers from DC to Westminster
The Trump‑Era Shock
For decades, lobbying has sat on the fringes of large law firms and what they traditionally do. There were always a few partners with good contacts, intermittent mandates, and work that was important but they were rarely central to the firm’s story and what the firm really ‘did’.
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Clayton Utz has unveiled a bumper promotion round, elevating 75 lawyers and professionals across its national operations in a major firm-wide sweep. The significant scale of this latest round highlights the firm’s ongoing growth trajectory and its strategic focus on rewarding top-tier internal talent amidst a highly competitive Australian legal market. Spanning multiple practice areas
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Australia’s leading independent law firm, Corrs Chambers Westgarth, has today announced that corporate partner and private equity specialist James Campisi has joined the firm, based in Sydney. James has joined Corrs from Simpson Thacher & Bartlett where he was a partner in their corporate group in London. James advises private equity sponsors and corporate clients
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Key Takeaway: At least 16 major law firms, including Latham & Watkins, Gibson Dunn, and Pillsbury, are chasing more than 25 AI leadership hires, with pay running from $200,000 to $440,000. The problem is not the budget, but the fact that lawyers with real AI implementation experience barely exist yet. Tom Borman, LawFuel contributing editor
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The glittering promises of the Big Law lateral market have hit a multi-million dollar roadblock with the Clifford Chance legal battle that pulls back the curtain on the closely guarded mechanics behind biglaw partnership agreements.
Clifford Chance, a lucrative biglaw firm providing rich partner rewards, is aggressively pursuing millions of dollars in compensation clawbacks from two of its former top US partners.
Just two months after stepping down, Clifford Chance’s former global managing partner, Charles Adams, delivered a financial bombshell via mail to Andrew Cone and Michael Sabin the former co-heads of the firm’s US-based funds and investment management practice.
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Article source: Lanier Law Group, NC There is no shortage of car accident lawyers advertising in Raleigh — the harder part is telling them apart. A statewide firm with a Wake County office, a multigenerational family practice, a two-attorney boutique, and a high-volume injury shop will each handle your claim differently, and “which is best”
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Article source: Bretz Injury Law, KS The Foundation of Every Successful Injury Claim Personal injury claims in Kansas are governed by state statutes that establish the rules for liability, damages, and the procedural requirements that injured individuals must follow to pursue compensation. Understanding these rules before filing a claim gives accident victims a realistic picture
Kirkland & Ellis leads the M&A rankings as the Chicago-founded firm advised on 350 deals worth close to $474.5 billion in the first half of 2026, being a comfortable 18% ahead of second-placed Skadden’s $402.8 billion across just 105 deals, according to LSEG data. All of which points once again to why Kirklands continue to reign supreme in partner remuneration.
Sullivan & Cromwell, which had briefly held the top spot in Q1, slipped to third with $395 billion. Wachtell Lipton rounded out the top four at $367.7 billion.
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